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Goeppertia allouia (syn. Calathea allouia), known as lerén or lairén in Spanish, and also known in English as Guinea arrowroot, and sweet corn root, is a plant in the arrowroot family, native to northern South America and the Caribbean. The name "allouia" is derived from the Carib name for the plant. Lerén is a minor food crop in the American tropics, but was one of the earliest plants domesticated by pre-historic Amerindians in South America.

Goeppertia crocata (syn. Calathea crocata), the saffron-coloured calathea or eternal flame plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae, native to Bahia and Espírito Santo states of eastern Brazil. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a hothouse ornamental.

Goeppertia rufibarba (syn. Calathea rufibarba), the furry feather or velvet calathea, is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family, native to Bahia state of northeastern Brazil. The plant's common names are due to its fuzzy, fur-like underleaf texture, which is unusual in its genus. Furthermore, the specific epithet rufibarba comes from the Latin rufus 'red' and barba 'beard'. Common as a houseplant, the species requires warm temperatures, shade, and humidity to thrive, and may produce small yellow flowers. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Goeppertia makoyana (syn. Calathea makoyana), also known as peacock plant or cathedral windows, is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia in the family Marantaceae, native to Espírito Santo state of eastern Brazil. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Goeppertia veitchiana (syn. Calathea veitchiana) is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The plant was discovered near Cuenca by the Victorian plant collector Richard Pearce in 1862, and named in honour of his employers, James Veitch & Sons.

Goeppertia monophylla is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family which is native to Brazil. Goeppertia monophylla blooms annually. Depending on its location, G. monophylla may flower for around four months, or for nearly the entire year. The pollinators of Goeppertia monophylla include the hummingbird Phaethornis ruber and the bee Eulaema (pseudoeulaema) pseudocingulata.

Goeppertia loeseneri (syn. Calathea loeseneri), the Brazilian star calathea, is a species of plant belonging to the Marantaceae family. It is native to Peru, northern Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador. It can grow to a height of 1.2m (4 feet). Goeppertia loeseneri is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant with star-shaped pink flowers outside its native range.

Goeppertia elliptica is a species of plant from the genus Goeppertia in the family Marantaceae. It is native to Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and parts of Brazil. It was described by William Roscoe as Phrynium ellipticum in 1827. The cultivar 'Vittata' is grown horticulturally. This species belongs to the sub-group of Goeppertia called the Ornata group.

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Goeppertia sanderiana is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia in the family Marantaceae. It is native to Peru and has been introduced to El Salvador and Honduras. It is a very common ornemental plant used in homes because of its beautiful foliage. It belongs to one of the groups in the Goeppertia genus called the Ornata Group.

Goeppertia nidulans is a rare species of plant in the genus Goeppertia of the family Marantaceae. The native range of this species is Colombia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Goeppertia micans is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its native range is Mexico to Tropical South America. Goeppertia micans is similar in appearance to Goeppertia fucata; however, G. micans is taller and does not have variegated leaves. The Ngäbe-Buglé people use it in traditional medicine.

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Goeppertia majestica (syn. Calathea majestica), the majestic prayer plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, and northern Brazil, and has been introduced to Venezuela. Goeppertia majestica belongs to one of the groups of Goeppertia called the Ornata Group.

Goeppertia louisae (syn. Calathea louisae) is a species of plant belonging to the genus Goeppertia, native to Rio de Janeiro state of southeast Brazil but cultivated in other places as an ornamental.

Goeppertia inocephala is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family which is native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and southeastern Mexico. This species belong to the sub-group of Goeppertia called the Ornata group.

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Goeppertia gandersii (syn. Calathea gandersii) is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family. It is endemic to Napo Province of Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Goeppertia fasciata (syn. Calathea fasciata), is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae. Native to wet tropical areas of northeastern Brazil, it is occasionally kept as a houseplant. There appears to be a cultivar, 'Borrusica'.

Goeppertia ecuadoriana (syn. Calathea ecuadoriana) is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Goeppertia burle-marxii is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family native to Brazil. It is named after Roberto Burle Marx. Common names for Goeppertia burle-marxii include "Blue Ice Calathea" and "White Ice Calathea". Goeppertia burle-marxii is closely related to Goeppertia cylindrica, and may be confused with it when not flowering.

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Goeppertia roseopicta is a species of flowering plant in the arrowroot and prayer-plant family Marantaceae, native to northwestern Brazil's Amazonian basin. It is marketed as a houseplant under its former name and synonym

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Goeppertia petersenii is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family. It is native to southeastern Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests up to 500 meters elevation. The species was first described as Calathea petersenii by Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers in 1893. In 2012 Finn Borchsenius and Stella Suárez placed the species in genus Goeppertia as G. petersenii.

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